django - set user permissions when user is automatically created using get_or_create

django, django-admin, django-authentication, python

Solution

Use `add` and `remove` methods:

 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 permission = Permission.objects.get(name='Can view poll')
 u.user_permissions.add(permission)

Problem

Django 1.5, python 2.6 The model automatically creates a user under certain conditions: ``` User.objects.get_or_create(username=new_user_name, is_staff=True) u = User.objects.get(username=new_user_name) u.set_password('temporary') ``` In addition to setting the username, password, and is_staff status, I would like to set the user's permissions - something like: ``` u.user_permissions('Can view poll') ``` or ``` u.set_permissions('Can change poll') ``` Is this possible? Thank you!

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